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a/an engine driver
表示职业时常用不定冠词
He became an engine driver after training.
他经过培训后成为了一名火车司机。
火车司机
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火车司机
a person who drives a railway engine
He became an engine driver after training.
他经过培训后成为了一名火车司机。
铁路机车的操作员
the operator of a railway locomotive
The engine driver waved to us as the train pulled out of the station.
火车驶出车站时，火车司机向我们挥手。
After twenty years as an engine driver, he knew every signal along the line.
当了二十年火车司机后，他熟悉沿线每一个信号。
The engine driver stopped the train quickly when he saw the fallen tree on the tracks.
看到轨道上有倒下的树时，火车司机迅速停下了火车。
表示职业时常用不定冠词
He became an engine driver after training.
他经过培训后成为了一名火车司机。
特指某位司机时用定冠词
The engine driver waved as the train passed.
火车经过时，火车司机挥了挥手。
engine driver 作为主语
The engine driver drives the train safely.
火车司机安全地驾驶着火车。
表示从事该职业的常见结构
My uncle works as an engine driver.
我叔叔是一名火车司机。
Not this
He works as an engineer on the railway.
Use this
He works as an engine driver on the railway.
美式英语中'engineer'可指火车司机，但英式英语标准用法为'engine driver'。学习者常混淆英美差异。
Not this
My father is an engine driver of a bus.
Use this
My father is a bus driver.
'engine driver'特指火车司机，不用于其他车辆。学习者因中文'司机'泛指而误用。
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